The Dream Shake (Conrad Garcia) —Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images Basketball is back. Here’s what Houston’s schedule looks like. The Houston Rockets and company (21 other NBA teams) are almost assured of their return to basketball this summer. Approved by the NBA Board of Governors on Thursday — expected to be approved by players on Friday — the NBA will follow through on its 22-team return proposal . Under this...

NY Post (Marc Berman) —The Knicks won’t join the Nets in Orlando. But the Nets could still join the Knicks in the lottery. The 22-team proposal to restart the season that is expected to be approved Thursday by the Board of Governors has made the Nets’ playoff plans a little more precarious than the other 22-team scenario. In one...

Indy Cornrows (Mark Schindler) —Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images An Interview with former Pacer David West Welcome to another edition of the Indy Cornrows Podcast! On today’s episode, I was fortunate to be joined by David West. David was a pleasure to talk to and we had an awesome conversation delving into a wide range of topics covering his time in the league, the new collegiate alternative league he’s...

SBN: Welcome to Loud City (J.D Tailor) —Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The NBA is over-thinking when it comes down to resuming the season. Over the last few days, ideas have floated around about the NBA resuming their season. It is a complicated process for the league to manage. Basketball must be started safely and without compromise to competitive integrity. Adam Silver has done an excellent job so far in getting every...

SBN: At the Hive (MickSmiley) —Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images There are 30 teams in the NBA and Charlotte ranks among the leaders in some categories and among the worst in others. One of the interesting pieces of information available at Basketball Reference is this chart which shows where the Hornets rank among the NBA’s 30 teams in a number of statistical categories. Numbers of “30” mean Charlotte ranks...

CelticsBlog (daniellubofsky) —Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images With such a talented collection of wings and ball handlers, Brad Stevens has been able to pare down his playbook. Brad Stevens has long been regarded as one of the league’s best strategists, with the 2016-17 Boston Celtics serving as perhaps the pinnacle of his whiteboard abilities. As good as Boston’s eighth-ranked offense was that year en route...

CelticsBlog (flceltsfan) —Jaylen Brown vs Thunder 2/9/20 | Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports All the Celtics news you need in one convenient place. Globe Michael Jordan faces new charge of lying when it comes to ‘The Last Dance’ Celtics Blog The six most disrespectful plays of the 2019-20 Celtics season The Case for a Boston Celtics Roster Spot: Other Considerations Lex Nihil Novi C’s Romp to History...

SBN: Welcome to Loud City (J.A. Sherman) —Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images On May 22nd 2020, Jerry Sloan passed away after a long battle with Parkinson’s and dementia. Sloan had a long storied career in the NBA as a player with the Chicago Bulls and as coach of the Utah Jazz. Jerry Sloan coached the Jazz for twenty three seasons; during that time, Utah was always a competitive basketball team. Sloan’s warmth...

SBN: Clips Nation (BlakeHarris) —Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images He scored 50 once with the Clips! Seven players have rocked the No. 54 in franchise history. Dale Schlueter was the first to wear it back in 1975. The most recent was Patrick Patterson , who’s currently wearing it this year with the Clips. There’s been some solid guys, but none better than Charles Smith , who was with the Clippers ...

CelticsBlog (flceltsfan) —Vincent Poirier vs Jazz 2/26/20 | Russell Isabella-USA TODAY Sports All the Celtics news you need in one convenient place. Herald Grant Williams has an All-Star landlord during COVID-19 crisis Globe NBA says it is talking with Disney about resuming season NBA looks on track to restart season in July, possibly in Orlando, with playoffs done by early September Hall of Fame...

SBN: Welcome to Loud City (J.D Tailor) —Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images General Manager Sam Presti has some thinking to do when it comes to the future of Paul and the Thunder organization. Before the Coronavirus outbreak, it was expected that Chris Paul would be dealt with in the summer. There had been a burgeoning market for Chris Paul ; the Knicks were known to be one of the interested parties. Paul’s renaissance...

SBN: Welcome to Loud City (J.D Tailor) —Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images Nader has been a surprise package for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season Abdel Nader started the season as a fringe player. Nader did not play much in the prior season, and he had to earn his way into the rotation. There were doubts about Nader’s ability to play defense at the NBA level; there were too many times that a player would just blaze past...

SBN: Raptors HQ (Mitch Orsatti) —They weren’t much at the time, but a lot of what happened over the next decade in Toronto can be traced back to that ‘09-10 Raptors squad. Hey, remember the 2008-09 Toronto Raptors ? If you do, well, here’s hoping you don’t remember a whole lot beyond what’s absolutely necessary: the team was terrible, coach Sam Mitchell was fired 17 games in, and Jay Triano took over to produce much of...